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Rajesh Chauhan
Rajesh Kumar Chauhan
Born: 19 December 1966, Ranchi, Bihar
Major Teams: Madhya Pradesh, India.
Known As: Rajesh Chauhan
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Test Debut: India v England at Calcutta, 1st Test, 1992/93
Latest Test: India v Australia at Calcutta, 2nd Test, 1997/98
ODI Debut: India v Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), 1st ODI, 1993/94
Latest ODI: India v Sri Lanka at Margao, 3rd ODI, 1997/98
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 18/03/1998)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 21 17 3 98 23 7.00 28.16 0 0 12 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 791.3 238 1857 47 39.51 4-48 0 0 101.0 2.34
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 28/12/1997)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 35 18 5 132 32 10.15 77.19 0 0 10 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 272.2 12 1216 29 41.93 3-29 0 0 56.3 4.46
FIRST-CLASS
(1988/89 - 2000/01)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 99 131 28 1957 100* 19.00 1 5 77 0
O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 4216.4 10290 318 32.35 7-39 19 4 79.5 2.44
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1991/92 - 1999/00)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 99 64 17 650 55 13.82 0 1 38 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 834 3205 101 31.73 4-23 1 0 49.5 3.84
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
When Ajit Wadekar became the Indian coach in the 1992-93 season,
he formulated a strategy for victory at home: select 3 spinners
to exploit under-prepared wickets. Rajesh Chauhan was selected
as the off-spinner to compliment Kumble and Raju. Just when the
trio was becoming as deadly as India's famous spin trio of the
70's for visiting batsmen, disaster struck. Chauhan's action was
questioned and instead of fighting it out like the Sri Lankan
board did with respect to Muralitharan, BCCI decided to drop
Chauhan even though he was never no-balled in a match. While in
the wilderness, Chauhan continued to bowl well in the domestics
and picked up 55 wickets in the 1996-97 Ranji Trophy. In 1997, a
BCCI special committee cleared him. He was recalled for the
1997-98 tour of Sri Lanka, as the selectors overcame the mental
barrier of picking a cricketer who is 30-plus. His most
memorable performance since has been with the bat - a last over
6 to carry India to a sensational victory vs Pakistan in
Karachi. He also bowled beautifully against Sri Lanka in the
Mumbai test (figures of 4-48 and 3-59) which India almost won.
This spirited off-spinner is able to exploit turning tracks and
tests the best of batsmen with a teasing line and length.
Looking back, he admits that that the failure to force a victory
against the West Indies in the Nagpur Test of the '94 series was
a low point in his career. This cricketer projects a rare
faculty in the Indian domestic scene - courage in the face of
adversity. He believes that one has to be positive and do his
best to be in the reckoning. Unfortunately continuing doubts
about the legality of his action combined with mediocre performances has seen him
drop out of contention for the Indian side.
("Roving" Eye and Sougata Mukherjea
, Sep 1999
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